School: Baile Mhic Dáibhid (Ballydevitte) (roll number 3854)
- Location:
- Ballydevitt Beg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cathal Mac an Luain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 317
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- (continued from previous page)Marriages generally take place in the month of February or before Lent. Friday is throught an unlucky day to get married, because Our Lord died on that day. It was the custom long ago, that a crowd would gather into a neighbour’s house and make matches for the young people. The concerned parties had nothing whatever to do with it. The date was then arranged and on that morning the bride left the house on a side-car followed by her guests. The groom left home in the same manner, and both parties met at the Church. When the ceremony was over the parties lined up again and set off for the brides home for breakfast. The newly married couple spent the day in the nearest town. In the evening when they came home a big feast was prepared in the bride’s home, and a barn was cleaned(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shiela Lawne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Lawne
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Taistealaí tráchtála
- Address
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
